This is my dog Smokey, he's 7 years old. He was born in Jacksonville, Florida and we adopted him while we were on vacations in Florida. He's not a Pitbull, he's an American Bulldog/Greyhound-Mix (which is good so he isn't affected by BSL!) He's not really healthy (2 TPLO surgeries, food allergies, some kind of stroke next to his cerebellum 6 month ago), but the bestest dog I could get!

I hope my english is not too bad, I'm trying to improve it. That's one of the reasons why I'm here. The second reason is, I'm really crazy about Pit Bulls

Hi Inga! Welcome to the forum. Do you guys have and plans for Smokey? Does he participate in any doggy sports, does he like long walks by the beach, a strenous game of holding down the couch?

I used to live in Germany! And now I live here in Florida-small world huh? My Dad was in the US Army and the first time we lived in Germany it was in Gelnhausen...and the second time we lived in Idar Oberstein. I loved living there, I miss it and would love to go back. The second time we lived there I was able to travel to a bunch of places-Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Austria, the Neatherlands. I've never been but my Mom went to Czechoslovakia many times the first time we lived in Germany. Have you been to any of these places?

Well, it's a small world we're living in Germany is a great place to live, but I enjoyed our holidays in the US. It's different but every country has it's advantages and disadvantages.We often went to Denmark for holidays but they have changed their dog laws in 2010 so we couldn't go there without putting Smokey at risk to be put down just because of how he looks like We went to Poland last year: Great country, great beaches, not too far away (Smokey hates car rides ) and really cheap. The Netherlands repealed their Breed Ban a few years ago, so I think, we will go there some day. Have been to Amsterdam with my husband (Smokey had to stay with my parents-in-law) and it was great! When I was a child, I travelled a lot in Europe: UK, Sweden, Norway, Austria, Swiss, Czech Republic (Praque is one of the most beautiful cities I've ever visited!), Hungary.

We did some Mantrailing with Smokey when he was young but then he had to have his TPLO-surgeries. The group changed, we got a new trainer, Smokey got badly bitten and developed some kind of Dog Aggression (he hates big dogs (unless they are old) but is doing fine with small dogs!) so we quit.

Hm, what else...Oh, Smokey looooooves cold temperatures and snow! He's going crazy when we've got snow here. I will upload some pics later when I'm allowed to! When it "too warm" (20°C = 68°F) for him, he's one of the laziest dogs I've ever seen.

Smokey is my first dog. I've never wanted to have a dog... I was a cat person (my cat Sylvester lives here with us too) until I met my stinky, dirty, little puppy and fell in love with him I have never regret any second to take him with us. He's my Babyboy and he ever will be!

Wait! You got me wrong! Mantrailing is some sort of search and rescue work! That's what the police is doing with their bloodhounds. You know what I mean? Searching for a person when they have got the scent of it... (i've tried google... is it "human trailing" in english?). We did it just for fun.